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The U.N. says sexual violence in conflicts worldwide increased by 25% last year, with the highest number of cases in the ...
Rights groups and survivors are accusing Myanmar’s Arakan Army rebel group of mass killings and torture of Rohingya in ...
Systematic rape and sexual humiliation are among the crimes in junta detention centers being investigated by the Independent ...
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -United Nations investigators said on Tuesday they have found evidence of systematic torture ...
GENEVA (AP) — A U.N.-backed investigator says his team has turned up significant evidence of “systemic torture” in Myanmar’s ...
The Arakan Army, an armed group operating in Myanmar's western Rakhine State, has implemented repressive policies targeting the Rohingya minority, in violation of international law, Human Rights Watch ...
Mines in Myanmar's Kachin region are major producers of heavy rare earths that are exported to China for processing.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States lifted sanctions designations on several allies of Myanmar's ruling generals on Thursday, two weeks after the head of the ruling junta praised President ...
At least five Rohingya refugees crossed into Bangladesh today (24 July) to escape escalating violence and alleged torture by Myanmar's ethnic armed group, the Arakan Army (AA), officials and community ...
Woman loses appeal in Fallbrook torture-murder of military wife Jessica Lynn Lopez is one of three people convicted in the 2012 slaying of Brittany Killgore ...
Myanmar’s Devastating Earthquake in March Split the Earth at ‘Supershear Velocity’ The southern part of the earthquake’s rupture moved at speeds of over 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) per second.